The commission may, upon its own initiative, or shall upon written application of any party in interest, order a public hearing with due notice to all interested parties, at which hearing the person proposing to create the development of water power or other plant or equipment, or extension of the same, shall be required to file with the commission, under oath, engineering plans and other information fully descriptive of the proposed development or such thereof as in the opinion of the commission can reasonably be furnished by such applicant, together with such other reasonable information as may be called for at the hearing or any adjournment of the same; and the commission shall have full power to issue or refuse the certificate of public necessity and convenience, or to qualify or withdraw the same as provided in § 65-4-203.
Structure 2021 Tennessee Code
Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers
Chapter 4 - Regulation of Public Utilities by Commission
Part 2 - Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity
§ 65-4-202. Complaint of Interference — Limited Certificate
§ 65-4-204. Public Hearing on Certificate — Plans and Information Required of Applicant